Machismo

American author Gail Carson Levine reflected, “When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind.” She describes the transformations a person experiences from childhood to adulthood by the means of parties, drinking, driving, marriage, and families. These are important rites of passage everywhere, so as a result they are communicated and celebrated differently depending on the culture. For example, in the United States sweet sixteen…

Have you ever been offered a bribe in return of a sexual encounter? Or have you ever felt tempted to accept a bribe for any other desired benefits? Our society has all kinds of people, those who are willing to accept a bribe in exchange for anything, and those who would not. Nonetheless, the poem, “Hazel Tells Laverne,” tells a story about a person who refuses a bribe. The poem, published in 1976, is about a maid named Hazel who finds a frog in the toilet. The frog tells her that he could turn…

Didn't think I'd ever see the day when Herman could do a Soviet-style upside down lift without any apparent effort, but I saw it tonight. His characterization of the pirate Conrad was full of his usual machismo and his cabrioles remain one of the 7 wonders of the ballet world. Jeffrey Cirio as Ali also has an impressive array of tricks, including a deliberately decelerating triple pirouette that ends with him sitting on the floor. But he doesn't really…

Cervical Cancer Prevention for Hispanic Americans This paper will discuss the Hispanic culture and their health care beliefs on illnesses, prevention, cultural health practices, how they view traditional healthcare system, and the prevalence of cervical cancer in Hispanic women. It will also discuss how Hispanics financial status, their understanding of the English language, and their lower level of education all hinder the choices they make regarding their healthcare (Roncancio, Ward,…

Latinos are lazy and dangerous. Another stereotype is that all Latinos speak Spanish and talk fast when they are upset (Stereotype Matrix, Susan Owusu, October 5th, 2015). Some initial stereotypes of this group that I had were Latino men have a machismo type of personality. Also I thought the…

Ultimately, the saddest part of a society with gender inequality is that the cycle just keeps going on due to the many interrelated factors involved, confining us in the battle for egalitarianism. One of which is of course the spread of knowledge, women continuously have to suffer from epistemic injustice because through out history, their ideas have been doubted. In an environment where a woman’s ideas is not valued enough, they start to doubt themselves and eventually degrade themselves. This…

Maria Valle Urman English 100 November-10-2015 Jose Burciaga vs. Sandra Cisneros The Hispanic Culture is one of the most colorful and respected cultures of the world. Hispanic families still keep some old traditions. For example “el machismo” still is present in many families. Other traditions that came over centuries. Burciaga and Cisneros present some examples in their stories of how the culture has changed over the years, and what others are still intact and continue…

Unfortunately, Latinos live in a culture that clings to machismo in many circumstances. The patriarchal culture continues to predominate, where to discriminate the poor, the disabled, women, children, the elderly, the indigenous, and today more frequently, people with different sexual preferences called gays,…

Philip Caputo’s A Rumor of War tells the story of a man’s demoralization during the Vietnam war and how it is associated with a refusal to any direct guilt for his own actions in that war. Throughout the book, you can sense the murderousness that comes from Caputo due to several reasons. Although, at the end of the book, he does not confess this murderousness urge that he experienced during his time in Vietnam. Overall, I believe that Philip Caputo was able to prove that he is not guilty and…

Super Bowl XLIX was the most-watched television program in U.S. history with over 114 million viewers, The World Cup is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, and the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight was the most-watched “pay per view” event of all time. As you can see sports are one of the few things that people all around the world can communicate with without having any sort of barrier. So when the debate comes up about whether or not sports should be regulated, it's…